PMP Exam Questions

A customer requests additional changes 1 day before the planned change date. How should the project manager respond to the change request?

A company is transitioning from a predictive approach to an agile approach. A project manager is assigned to the first pilot with an inexperienced team. Due to an unexpected event,...

An agile team has been assigned to a project that mandates the implementation of changes to key government products. The team has been given 6 months to fulfill this mandate. What...

A project manager has been assigned to a hybrid project. The project manager needs to ensure all team members are collaborating and are aware of the project's ongoing changes. What...

A project leader is assigned to a new project and is asked to assemble an effective five-member agile team. If the project leader has no restrictions, which team should they choose...

A project manager is leading the first agile project for the organization. During the kick-off meeting, the project manager notices that the team does not have the same understandi...

A project manager is working on a project with three virtual teams. Team A is in a different time zone than teams B and C. The project was going well, but recently team A has start...

The project manager's firm is executing a construction project. The project is stalled due to reemerging conflicts and misunderstandings among stakeholders. What should the project...

A project manager has been assigned to take over an existing software project. The project manager inherited a lean team comprised of key stakeholders, subject matter experts (SMEs...

A project manager implementing a hybrid project is dealing with multiple stakeholders in a rapidly changing business environment. How should the project manager ensure that the nee...

In an agile environment, a project is running iteration four out of six. A team member leaves the company with no replacement. What should the project manager do?

A new team member is assigned to a team that consistently delivers each iteration. The new team member does not understand many of the processes followed and begins to negatively i...

During the project planning phase, a project manager is informed that they cannot start one activity before another department implements the required IT system. What should the pr...

A project manager is building a team to work on a service integration project that will transition technology management services from company A to company B. The project team will...

A project manager is leading a project at a contracting company, and the project team just completed an iteration. The product passed inspection, but an additional feature was adde...

A project team delivered a critical deliverable to the customer. The customer complained that the maintenance manual was not included. What should the project manager do next?

A company is moving its headquarters to another city. The project manager responsible for the assignment has been using a predictive approach during the transition. However, the in...

A leader from project B consistently reaches out to a team member in project A for assistance. What should project A's project manager do?

A risk was identified at the beginning of a project, and a response plan was established. Unforeseen consequences resulted in a higher level of risk. The project manager has an ide...

The testing backlog for a hybrid project has increased significantly and is becoming a bottleneck. The team has researched a tool that could resolve the bottleneck, and the project...

A project manager has taken over a project that has been without a project manager for the last couple of weeks. The team is feeling lost and there are a few team members who are c...

A project manager is leading a project that will be delivered using a Scrum framework. The organization has an innovative project management office (PMO) that fully supports agile...

A project manager is assigned to a time-bound internal project on quality improvement. During project execution, the project manager observes that a specific team member is being i...

A project manager has been appointed to lead a project but has not previously worked with the project team members. The project manager notices that the team is a mix of senior and...

A project manager wants to ensure that the project acceptance criteria are met for all project deliverables. What should the project manager do to accomplish this?

A project team member does not submit the project status report on time. The team member is frustrated about being required to complete the report. The team member believes that th...

A project manager has been assigned to a new project. There is one team member who never says anything during meetings. After meetings, however, the team member sends detailed emai...

The project manager of a high-risk project is concerned about a delay in the schedule that might force the project to move its go-live date. What should the project manager do next...

A new privacy law will go into effect at the beginning of the next calendar year. The project manager realizes the project needs to be compliant with the new law. What should the p...

A key customer stakeholder asks the project team to include new tasks in the backlog and begin analyzing new requests. The customer expects results as soon as possible and pressure...

The operations director complains to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) about the outcome of a project's first sprint. The operations department will not be able to support a new pr...

A project manager is assigned to a yearlong project. Before the start of the design phase, a competitor announces that they will release a similar deliverable in 8 months, although...

A global petroleum crisis has affected the distribution of crude oil in the region where the construction project is underway. Materials are not being delivered on time and this ph...

A project manager is managing the opening of a new office overseas. At the beginning of the project, possible delays due to legal permits are raised by one stakeholder. Subject mat...

After a project team has been working on a project for several months, the project is cancelled. The project sponsor is putting pressure on the project manager to perform closeout...

A project manager is newly appointed to an ongoing project that will develop a new solution using an affiliate of the company. The deploying resources will come from another entity...

A project manager works for a company that has a reputation of delivering environmentally sustainable projects. During the half- yearly review of the project, the project manager r...

A project manager is assigned to a project with a long time line and complex scope. The client requires a high-level, long-term plan as well as something that will work immediately...

An organization is producing a product using a hybrid approach with several phases. Some of the phases are planned to be executed in predictive and some in agile. During the agile...

A project manager created a contingency plan associated with a risk. The risk was realized, but the client insists on using a new workaround instead. The requested workaround will...

A project manager is leading three projects in a program focused on starting product commercialization. Once the three projects start going to market, the project manager stops att...

During the execution phase of a healthcare IT project, the project manager finds one stakeholder is very difficult to communicate with and obtain feedback from on project deliverab...

In an agile project that is about 45% complete, most team members are siloed and lack an understanding of each other's work. What would have most likely caused this communication b...

A project manager is leading a project that is at 90% completion. One of the key stakeholders requests a certification program to be included as part of the project. Another stakeh...

In a product development project, the project manager is constantly receiving complaints from stakeholders about functionalities being delivered, but not required by the business d...

The project leader for an agile team has discovered that a certain team member has been struggling with an impediment that is hindering the team's progress. The project is now at r...

A project manager is working on a project using a hybrid approach. The project is scheduled to be completed in three more sprints. One of the team members notifies the project mana...

During the execution of a hybrid project, one developer had to be replaced. The new resource is extremely competent in quality assurance tasks, but does not have much experience in...

A project team is globally distributed with team members living and working in different time zones. The project manager is trying to get the team to collaborate effectively. Which...

In a project steering committee meeting, a few stakeholders raise concerns that the project manager's report shows that the outcome of the project is already in the market while th...